Improvement in mattresses



T. FLAGLER. Mattresses.

No. 196,442.A Patented oct. 23,18%?.

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THOMAS FLAGLER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

IM PROVEM ENT IN MATTRESSES.

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 196,442, dated October 23, 1877; application filed August 7, 1877'.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS FLAGLEE, of the city of Baltimore, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mattresses; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents a perspective view of mymattress, a portion ofthe same being broken away to better illustrate its internal construc tion; and Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the central spring-partition, having a series of straight steel wires, interlaced at right angles, attached thereto, as hereinafter'described.

This invention relates to the thin mattresses principally in use upon spring-bedsteads; and it consists in the interposition between the two layers of the mattress of a spring-partition.

It is customary to use upon ordinary slatbedsteads two mattresses-an under one of husk or some cheap material, and an upper mattress, which is generally stuffed with hair. Upon spring -bedsteads, however, the same mattresses will not answer, as the springs would raise them to an unsightly height. The husk mattress is therefore dispensed with, and the thin hair mattress alone used. This latter, however, when used alone, is sure to sag down between the slats or springs of the bed, and present, after use, a corrugated or imeven surface, which is even more unpleasant to the body than to the eye. A thorough shaking up of the mattress is, of course, necessitated, to obviate which my present invention is especially designed.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents my mattress, which consists of two portions, D D, stuffed with hair or other suitable material. Between these two portions is interposed a layer, B, of some coarse material, such as wiggin, into the material of which is woven, or upon which is attached, a number of ne steel springs, C C C. These may interlace in any desired pattern, preferably at right angles, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

In this ligure the wires are shown each eX- tending completely from side to side of the mattress, and inserted after the manner of stitches in the wiggin. It is obvious, however, that they may be attached on the outside ofthe same, and, as stated, may interlace at different angles without departing from the spirit' of my invention.

By this construction great elasticity is imparted to the mattress, which may be made much thinnerl and lighter than when the springs are dispensed with. The mattress instantly springs up level after use, and, owing to the resistance which the springs offer, sag

ging is ahnost wholly obviated during use.

Having thus described my invention7 what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A mattress consisting of two stuffed portions and an interposed series of straight steel wires, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the stuied portions D D with the wiggin B and straight springs C C, substantially as described.

THOMAS FLAGLER.

Witnesses:

W.- A. BERTRAM, R. D. WILLIAMs. 

